Carton.



.|. E. LOWY.

CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED MN. 4. 191s.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

W/TNESSS A TORNEYS JULIUS ELIESAR LOWY, OF'NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

Application filed January 4,1918. Serial No; 210,349.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULrUs E. Lowr, a subject of the Emperor of Austria(first naturalization papers having been obtained), and a resident ofthe city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Carton, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a 4carton or container for breakfast foods,grains or the like, and it has for its general object to provide acarton formed with a dispensing opening in its top so that the contentscan be poured out, there being a novel fiap or cover to normally closethe opening and keep the contents in a sanitary condition.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of acollapsible container having a novel arrangement of apertured orrecessed flaps which coact to produce the dispensing opening and one ofthe flaps being provided with a foldable tongue to form the closure forthe dispensing opening.

With such objects in view, and Vothers which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth withparticularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawin which illustrates one embodiment of theinvention and wherein similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the carton, showing the closure forthe dispensing opening in open position;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the closure in closedposition; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the carton is made, thesame being drawn on a reduced scale.

Referring to the drawing,

' a carton which may be of the foldable type,

- and at the top is a dispensing opening 1 which is arranged in thetopsurface and the side face 2. This arrangementl of the opening permitsof a ready outiow of the contents when the box is inverted. The opening1 is adapted to be closed by a folding'or hinged lap or cover element 3which 4 two portions A designatesis an integral art of the top of thecarton and is in the forni of a tongue which is in 1 and 5 connected bya folding crease or hinge 6. This closure is connected with the top bv acrease or hinge 7 The hinge 6 is so located that the portion 5 willcover that part of the opening 1 which lies in the top of the carton,and theportion 1 of the closure, which is a tapering tongue, will coverthat part of the opening 1 which lies in the side 2. The tongue portion1 is adapted to slip into a pocket 8 in the side 2 of the carton and isfrictionally held therein, as shown in Fig. 3. When the carton is filledby the manufacturer a label or equivalent means will seal the closingelement down, the label having directions as to where it 'should bebroken to permit access to the dispensing opening and closure.

In the top a slit 9 is provided adjacent the opening 1 so that the tipof the tongue portion 4 of the closure can be engaged in this slot s0 asto prop the closure open, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. By swinging thepropped-open closure to the right in Fig. 1 the tip 10 of the closurecan be pulled out of the slot 9 for permitting the closure to beadjusted to closed position, as shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to the blank shown in Fig. 1, the body is made up of fivesections 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, which fold on the line 16, and the sections11 and 15 overlap each other and are pasted together so that afour-sided body is formed. Integral with the sections 11, 12, 13, 14 arethe usual overlapping bottom iaps 17, and integrally connected with thesections 12, 13, 14 and 15 are the top flaps 18, 19,20, 21. r1`heclosure 3 is integral with the flap 18 and the iaps 20 and 21 are cutoutat 22 and 23 so that when the top is slit these cut-out portions willregister to form the dispensing opening 1, and the same flaps 20 and 21Ahave apertures 24 and 25 which register to form the slot 9. 1n the topedge of the end flap 11 of the blank Ais a recess 26 which is largerthan that portion of the opening 23 of the blank lyingbelow the fold 27,so that the mouth of the pocket 8 will be formed of two lips 28 and 29,Fig. 1, which do not register, and consequently the tip of the closurecan be more easily engaged in the pocket 8.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the advantages of the construction and from the fold to thefree edge,

4method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in theart to which the invention appertains, and While I have described theprinciple of operation, together with the device Which I noW consider tobe the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that thedevice shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be madewhen desired as fall within the' scope of the appended claims.

Having thusA described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A container having a dispensing opening and a slot adjacent theopening, and a closure hinged to the side of the container having theopening and slot, with the slot between the opening and the point ofhinge connection, said closure being folded on a line parallel With thehinge and tapered whereby the free edge can enter the slot to hold thevclosure in open position, and a pocket in the container at the side ofthe opening opposite from the hinge of the closure, whereby the taperedend of the closure can enter the pocket to hold the closure in closedposition.

2. A container having a dispensing open"- ing, a closure hinged to theface of the ,coni tainer having the opening, and means between theopening and the hinge of the closure for receiving the free edge of theclosure when the latter is doubled, whereby the closure is held in openposition.

3. A container having a dispensing opening and a slot in the facecontaining the opening, a iap having one portion glued to the facehaving the opening and another portion free from the s aid face to forma closure for the opening, the free portion of the flap being tapered toengage in the y said slot for holding the closure in open position, anda poche; in the container at the side of the openlng opposite from saidslot, to receive the tapered end of the closure for holding the same inclosed position.

J ULIUS ELIESAR LOWY.

